Myrcia bergiana Berg (1857: 194)

Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 40, pp. 33-54 : 43

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.40.1.6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4927285

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/253B87C3-FF9E-2E3E-5CDF-68AF3384FA28

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Felipe

scientific name

Myrcia bergiana Berg (1857: 194)
status

 

19. Myrcia bergiana Berg (1857: 194) [ Fig. 3J–L View FIGURE 3 ; Fig 5P–Q View FIGURE 5 ]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009) in the northeastern and southeastern regions of Brazil ( Proença & Sobral 2006, Sobral et al. 2010).

Trees and shrubs 3–7 m tall. Morphologicaly similar to Myrcia densa , but differs by having larger leaves (5–10 cm long), acute calyx lobes and a pilose hypanthium; it differs from other Myrcia species by having a non-sulcate midvein on the adaxial lamina surface, ferruginous trichomes and globose fruits.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Igarassu, Usina São José , 08.III.2009, fl., B.S. Amorim 407 et al. (UFP); Tamandaré, Reserva Biológica de Saltinho , 29.V.2009, fr., B.S. Amorim 479 et al. (UFP); Via Litorânea de Carneiros , 07.I.2010, fl., B.S. Amorim 515 et al. (UFP) .

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Magnoliopsida

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Myrcia

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